Difference between revisions of "Bauhinia purpurea"

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Bauhinia purpurea is an erect, evergreen shrub. It grows up to 7 - 10 metres tall. The tree has a wide range of local uses. It should also make an excellent pioneer species and is commonly cultivated as an ornamental.

Uses

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Parts Used

Seeds, Flower buds, Flowers, Root.

Chemical Composition

Eleven new secondary metabolites (1−11), together with two known flavanones (12 and 13) and five known bibenzyls.^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	ಕಂಚುವಾಳ Kanchuvaala, ಕಂಚಿವಾಳ Kanchivaala
Hindi	Kaniar
Malayalam
Tamil	Nilattiruvatti
Telugu
Marathi	Rakta kanchan
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit	Devakanchan
English	Purple Orchid Tree, Butterfly tree

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Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Evergreen tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
				{{{5}}}

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of subtropical to tropical regions where it can usually be found at elevations from 500 - 2,000 metres, exceptionally to 3,000 metres.^[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Mixed deciduous forests, On hill slopes.

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References

External Links

[chemical_composition-1] Chemical constituents

[Common_names-2] Common names

[Leaf-3] [Morphology]

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-4] Cultivation

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